The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 96

ROAD TRAFFIC

The Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2007

Made

17th January 2007

Coming into force

31st January 2007

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 108(2), (2A) and (2B) of the Road Traffic Act 1988(1).

The Secretary of State for Transport is not satisfied that satisfactory provision is made by the laws of Kenya as respects the grant of driving licences to drive motor vehicles.

The Secretary of State for Transport has consulted with representative organisations in accordance with section 108(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988.

Accordingly the Secretary of State for Transport makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) (Amendment) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 31st January 2007.

Amendment of Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 1999

2.  In the Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 1999(2), in the Schedule, omit the word “Kenya”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

S.J Ladyman

Minister of State

Department for Transport

17th January 2007

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Driving Licences (Exchangeable Licences) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1641) (the “1999 Order”).

That Order designated various countries and territories (the “1999 Countries”) as having satisfactory provision for the issue of driving licences. A person who holds a licence issued by one of the 1999 Countries may exchange their licence for a corresponding British licence.

Among the licences issued by the 1999 Countries, which may be exchanged for corresponding British ones, are those which in turn have previously been exchanged for licences from other countries and territories listed in the Schedule to the 1999 Order. Among the other countries so listed is Kenya.

This Order amends the Schedule to the 1999 Order so as to remove Kenya from that list. The effect is that the holder of a Kenyan driving licence exchanged for the licence of a designated country or territory listed in the Schedule to the 1999 Order can no longer exchange that licence for a British one.

A regulatory impact assessment of the effect this instrument will have on costs of business is available from the DVLA, Drivers Policy Group, Unit 3, Sandringham Park, Llansamlet, Swansea SA7 OEP.

Copies of all the Orders can be obtained from the Office of Public Sector Information.

(1)

1988 c.52. In section 108, subsections (2), (2A) and (2B) were substituted by the Deregulation (Exchangeable Driving Licences) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1917) (the “1998 Deregulation Order”). In section 108(1), see the definition of “exchangeable licence” as substituted by the 1998 Deregulation Order.

(2)

S.I. 1999/1641.